In the corner of the foundry, this lunchroom was literally collapsing under one small leak in the roof. Tile by tile the water ate away the ceiling. Note the clock.
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Energy conserving window plastic does no good when the doors are all open and the heat’s off.
![The Beeghley was launched in 1958... you can see it unloading limestone here with its retrofitted self-unloader. Update: This ship has been renamed the 'James L. Oberstar' after the Minnesota Senator. [Read more on Boardnerd.com here: http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/oberstar.htm]](https://i2.wp.com/substreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Charles-M-Beeghly-CSUBSTREET.jpg?w=322&h=322&crop=1&ssl=1 "Charles M Beeghly")
The Beeghley was launched in 1958… you can see it unloading limestone here with its retrofitted self-unloader. Update: This ship has been renamed the ‘James L. Oberstar’ after the Minnesota Senator. [Read more on Boardnerd.com here: http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/oberstar.htm]
The white mark allowed for a manual RPM check on this big steel flywheel on the ground floor. Note how dark the bottom level of the mills is—that’s because all of the equipment is blocking out the light.
Paperwork in the control room, dated 1958.
A view of the hallway outside of the auditorium.
A wounded flour mill, muscled into the corner to keep out of the way.
My favorite shot from the trip. Later in its life, the plant was converted to burn its own byproducts, but it seems this was designed as a coal hopper.
In the nurses’ dormitories, beds, couches and chairs still sit. It’s unclear whether these are remnants of the homeless shelter in the 80s or the actual nurses.